San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-22
THAT SHOOTING CASE.
BOB VIM AND WALTER NICHOLSON
MAKE TARGETS OF EACH
OTHER.

pershlp Dispute.
s,.., ... o,.I,.l,
ieo'""y a''oi"o"' "'ou'
the LIGHT perigrlnator STOOD IN 'front.' OF
the Southern hotel chatting with a
friend wheh the monotony OF liie was
prokeh ny lne report VI sesei ,h p Mi,I
sno's III ane I ~ onno ~ '1 1b,t al
my pi ga ,o,,nL 49, Iar,o 90" "nr -, 'f ~
l. "nu 'o""U I" '"i 80 """''' "
''"' Tpp cpocepv sropp
occupied now by Nicholson IL Co., but
which was formerly handled by Market
Master Bruni. just then Bob Wi
man well known In that city, was being
led to the bat cave by the police. There
WAS an ugly wound IN his thigh. which
bled so freely rs to lead to the inference
that an artery nad been ruptured or
severed, and he walked with great dill
Guilty. Turning to the store, The LIGHT
man made his way through the crowd,
and was permitted to enter the
store. Passing to the rear OF the
building he came to little room IN
which lay Walter Nicholson upon an
IMPROVED conoh. HIS sn,rt was o OH ana 10
two places, once below the elbow In the
fleshy part of the arm, and once below
the rib. DIR. Amos Graves was attend
ing to the wounded man and Nato VII
lareal was assisting him IN getting the
requisite material for his work. Dr.
Graves
PRoBED THE WOUND
and .ou,, that tba bul,et had nsssed
tbrouoh tb. Injured mans coat and vest,
throuab. nocIet hook and some naoers
tbaJ bs had in his inner veal pocket.
$1,000 ,be boav and ulancinv ronnd IT.
had n.netrated the oI,Ier edges of the
liver and imbedded itself in the tissues
nf Tho hack Tha wound ia n very se-
Jions one. as IL ia and the chances are
AGAINST his Tecoyerv. hut # ia moi 40 se-
rious as il would have been II the pas
sage of the ball had not been i'm
peded by the pocket Dook. Inc wouhu
IN the arm was moi 90 serious, the ouile,
passed through Tue ntshy par. oi IL anu
no bones were DrSEeh. When ~.
Graves hau uIesseu Nicnoisone ny uIiee
he left, ordering that the injured man
be conveyed careiuly 10 MS nome on
LAREDO street. Nicoisoh was III 'he
Wniie cool. ne asked ior clgarie.ts.
10 tne inteirogatiohs ol r'snus
ne salo tnat VIM naa peei'
huiitihg hih ior seSeIai uays,
ana he knew Ihe u'ncuny WIS
coming. he dluht want IL, out u nau
10 come anyway. ne saio tnat nie arm
Ieit sore anu ms pouy was noe very
painful III ,h1 .n" uo Ni "So pao
cured by MS prother Ape NiGnolsoh,
ana lriehos went ~ wafer 10 III uim
ana carry nun 10 MS bome' Out ne
insisted upon rising ana Walk
ing 10 the mack. ne rose,
ana IDTO"tuR CODlOIt over
,' ro. ndN 80 ,bo hsoI smoIioa his ciSaratte
As he did 80. he r marked, why it's
unite n circus.n Then he was driven
nome and nut to bed. Here, later on. he
developed some indications of fever and
Was thought TO be ina
cn,r,c,, oo,yn,r,oy
Nth.
OUT Inc Crisis hau not arisen. Nicnoi-
son Is nomlpaiiy IN custody as Is also ms
brother, put mere seems 10 ne niue
question that II ID purely case OF SELL
defense.
Wlnh was placed uhder arrest al once,
ana MS wouhu was uresseu. IL 10 Got
thought 10 De dangerous, D9t ne hHu u
close call. on Duilet grazeu MS neck
and tore away portion OF ME coat COL
lar. Ii Is reported that ne hau also
flesh wound IN the shoulder OUT TINS ID
not confirmed.
Investigation OF the cause OF shoOtihg
shows that IL was hne result OF
partnership quarrel. waiter Nicholson
and vim were partners IN
the sale and delivery OF WOOD, ana
quarrel arose as 10 the amount that was
due the latter. "lhn seems 10 nave con
oidered that ne was deIranded ana 10
nave tpIea'enIu .Ha a.,iont N'"o
lie "ooLp MILL HIM
He sent messages TO that elect TO W al.
ter Nicholson, nut mis- messenger refused
to deliver them until thursday, when
he did so at the urgent request OF Wlnn.
On the same day, whilst the Nlcholsons
were at dinner, VIM came TO the store,
cursed the owners badly, called tneLI
SO II, and threatened dire vengeance.
Yesterday he went again TO the store
and saw Abe Nicholson standing on the
gallery, when Abe rounded him sharply
for his conduct. VIM replied, 1--WE
nothing to do with you; It's your
brother Walter who has got TO settle
this thing. Where is her. Abe told
VIM that ne was at FRANKS,
and he sent for him. Walter came
through the back way TO the
front, and the men faced each other.
what q, "a ia NOT clear Then Wsiter
said, "You've got TO retraot that" and
VIM answered, II won't, I've nothing
to swallow" Wlnn made motion TO
draw his revolver, when walter
whipped his weapon out and bringing IL